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Pope Francis didn’t even say “climate change” in his address to Congress
The pope's environmental message in his speech at the Capitol was much more muted than his White House remarks.
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![Cargill Chief Executive David MacLennan addressed the Climate Summit at the U.N. in 2014, after making a major commitment to end deforestation.]()
![Cargill Chief Executive David MacLennan addressed the Climate Summit at the U.N. in 2014, after making a major commitment to end deforestation.]()
Is Cargill backsliding on its promise to end deforestation?
Some environmental activists say yes. Cargill says actions speak louder than words.
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Top 6 takeaways from Rolling Stone’s interview with Obama on climate change
The magazine's reporter got a Q&A with Obama during his trip to Alaska, and we've distilled it down for you into handy, digestible memes.
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Are automatic toilets wasteful?
Umbra swirls around the topic of bathrooms, drought, and those seemingly unavoidable gratuitous flushes.
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Immigrant women take a 100-mile pilgrimage to see Pope Francis
Marie Hernandez of Los Angeles, who joined the march, talks about why she traveled to bring the immigration issue onto the papal agenda.
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Volkswagen’s emissions cheating caused an appalling amount of extra pollution
A new analysis shows the company's cars may be responsible for nearly 1 million tons of air pollution every year.
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Boeing wants to turn jet’s roar into energy
The airline manufacturer has filed a patent for an ambitious clean energy idea.
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Pumpkin beer brings summer’s end ahead of schedule. Thanks, climate change
An Oregon heatwave gave us ripe pumpkins in mid-August.
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The rising oceans could drown a lot of NASA launch sites
The agency's five coastal facilities can expect between 5 and 27 inches of sea level rise by 2050.
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Obama, the Chinese president, and the pope are all pushing climate messages in the U.S. this week
This unprecedented triumvirate is generating some real momentum toward climate action.
